Cheers Andrew :) If you're interested in some trying some advanced mapping techniques, check out:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Multipolygon_Examples#Forest_.28One_closed_way.29 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:multipolygon#Touching_inner_rings Welcome to the mind-melting world of advanced multipolygons :D On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 17:48, Andrew & Ingrid Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you everyone. It is clear now that it is OK to have an area inside > or overlapping another area. That is logical and contrary to what I had > been told by another mapper. It may be the case that I misunderstood what > they were saying. > Cheers > Andrew Parker > > On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 14:26, Andrew Harvey <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 11:53, cleary <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Good mapping practice is to keep administrative boundaries such as state >>> parks, conservation areas, suburbs etc separate from natural features such >>> as water, waterways, woods etc. While they sometimes approximate, they >>> rarely coincide exactly. >>> >>> Tagging a state park as natural=wood is usually inappropriate because >>> there will, nearly always, be parts of the park that are unwooded. Best to >>> map the park with its official boundary and then map the natural features >>> separately using other unofficial sources such as survey and satellite >>> imagery. >>> >> >> Agreed, though as a rough first pass it has been common to tag >> natural=wood on the administrative boundary if it's 90% correct, but >> eventually as the mapping becomes more detailed separate natural=wood is >> the way to go. >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-au mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >> > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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